Democracy is like a tambourine, not everyone can be trusted with it.
Southern people are bigger-hearted and kinder than I had any right to expect.
I'm British; pessimism is my wheelhouse.
The poverty line is like the age of consent: if you find yourself parsing exactly where it is, you’ve probably already done something very, very wrong.
Anybody who claims to be excited for April Fools' Day is probably a sociopath.
I get nostalgic for British negativity. There is an inherent hope and positive drive to New Yorkers. When you go back to Britain, everybody is just running everything down. It's like whatever the opposite of a hug is.